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Board approves contract
Science Department upset
~ · Profit Org.
U. S PO$TAGE
PAID
Permit No. 184
Au~u'" Wash.
By ANDRES FERNANDO"
A new two-year contract with
GR faculty was approved by
the board of trustees, yester­day,
after ratification by the in­structors
last week; leaving
one division - science - upset
over the new contract's terms.
The concern is over the
stipulation of the agreement
setting minimum work band
loads for instructors in lecture­lab
courses at 20 contract hours
per week. Contract hours are
the actual time the teacher
spends with his or her class,
including lecture, discussion,
and laboratory formats .
Although most instructors
are not affected by the new re­quirements,
the science divi­sion
instructors hours will be
increased an average of three
hours per week (11 per cent),
with no corresponding increase
in pay.
Objections were raised by
science instructors and others
during the ratification meeting
prior to the vote Nov. 24-25; a
vote American Federation of
Teachers (AFT) Gerald Hed­land
called ''fairly close.''
Although he would not give the
actual vote count, he felt the
outcome relected the faculty's
displeasure with the settlement
and some of its conditions.
Of science instructors in­terviewed
by the CURRENT,
none felt their interests were
taken into account in the
negotiations. Instructor Dennis
W h i t e e x p r e s s e d ' ' d i s­ap
point me n t ( a n d ) d i s -
satisfaction" with the new
terms, and teacher Delores
Wegner said she was
"stunned'' when specifics of
the new work band loads were
announced.
The minimum requirements
were supposed to put Green
River at par with other schools
in the area, but Science
Chairman Richard Garric felt
both the administration and
negotiating team were mis­informed.
When they heard the
new terms, Wegner and others
called other colleges in the
Puget Sound area and found
most averaged from 15 to 18
hours, and one school set the
maximum at 18 hours.
Some teachers wanted the
contract turned down in order
to re-negotiate the work load
bands, but they felt the
Hedlund's method of presenta­tion
of the contract was in­timidating
to many teachers.
The faculty was given the
choice of either accepting the
contract or rejecting it with au­thorization
to the negotiating
team to a call a strike from the
table. Many teachers wanted to
vote on subjects separately.
Science teachers see little
they can do until the contract is
renewed in 1977, but don't
foresee any changes until next
year. Garric has already sub­mitted
class schedules for
Winter and Spring quarters
this year and hours remain at
17. He expects the crunch to
come only if their budget is cut,
causing the layoff of part-time
personnel and putting the
burden on existing full-time
staff.
Green 'JUver Commu.-fty Colle,e 1%401 S.E. JJoth. St. Auburn, Wa. 98Gn
Staff photo by TRACY WATANABE
Gerald Hedlund (foreground), president of the faculty union, and
Dr. Melvin Lindbloom, college president, meet in the board roorr:
to sign the contract agreement ratified last week by the faculty
and by formal Board of Trustees' action Wednesday afternoon.
More funds now
approved for ACAP
By PEGGY WATT
More funding was approved
by the student senate for the
Auburn Christian Action
Program (ACAP) child-care
center at Lea Hill with hopes
that the requ~sts might be less
in the future.
At a special meeting
called to act on the single bill,
the senate appropriated $2100
to ACAP, to be paid in $700
monthly payments in advance,
convering only Winter Quarter.
Action on the bill was post­poned
at the · meeting so
the senate budget committee
could meet and make a
recommendation on the mot­ion,
which was first presented
to the senate Nov. 5.
At the special meeting, the
bill was amended from its
original form requesting $3500,
to fund ACAP the entire year.
Also added was a provision that
the senate decide on further
ACAP funding before registra­tion
begins for Spring Quarter.
This was added largely by re­quest
of a group of Green River
students whose children
attended ACAP, sitting in on
the meeting. The mothers were
only occasionally called on by
the senate to comment.
The ACAP board went before
United Way last week, to re­quest
increased funding for
1976. The first ACAP center, at
White River Presbyterian
Church in Auburn, is already
funded by United Way; the Lea
Hill center had to be in opera­tion
for one year before funding
would be considered by United
Way. "We have to prove
ourselves for awhile," said
Ellen Kropp, ACAP director.
Last year, she said, United
Way wanted evidence of a
strong student commitment,
since all but two of the 37
children attending Lea Hills
ACAP are children of GR
Students.
The senate's day care com­mittee
is headed by Freshman
Senator Claudine Layer, whose
child attends ACAP. Layer
commented that she thought
ACAP would be satisfied for
now with the senate's latest
appropriate funding
appropriation. Day Committee
meetings are Tuesdays at
noon.
When the Lea Hills center
started last January, the
senate helped fund it and has
continued appropriations. Last
year's senate approved in May
a resolution requesting the 75-
76 senate to continue "com­mittment
to the long-range
development and operation"
for the center, as a "a quality
child-care facility" which
''promotes the open-door poli­cy
of equal opportunity to
education" and also "provides
a valuable educational
experience for work-study
students."

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Board approves contract
Science Department upset
~ · Profit Org.
U. S PO$TAGE
PAID
Permit No. 184
Au~u'" Wash.
By ANDRES FERNANDO"
A new two-year contract with
GR faculty was approved by
the board of trustees, yester­day,
after ratification by the in­structors
last week; leaving
one division - science - upset
over the new contract's terms.
The concern is over the
stipulation of the agreement
setting minimum work band
loads for instructors in lecture­lab
courses at 20 contract hours
per week. Contract hours are
the actual time the teacher
spends with his or her class,
including lecture, discussion,
and laboratory formats .
Although most instructors
are not affected by the new re­quirements,
the science divi­sion
instructors hours will be
increased an average of three
hours per week (11 per cent),
with no corresponding increase
in pay.
Objections were raised by
science instructors and others
during the ratification meeting
prior to the vote Nov. 24-25; a
vote American Federation of
Teachers (AFT) Gerald Hed­land
called ''fairly close.''
Although he would not give the
actual vote count, he felt the
outcome relected the faculty's
displeasure with the settlement
and some of its conditions.
Of science instructors in­terviewed
by the CURRENT,
none felt their interests were
taken into account in the
negotiations. Instructor Dennis
W h i t e e x p r e s s e d ' ' d i s­ap
point me n t ( a n d ) d i s -
satisfaction" with the new
terms, and teacher Delores
Wegner said she was
"stunned'' when specifics of
the new work band loads were
announced.
The minimum requirements
were supposed to put Green
River at par with other schools
in the area, but Science
Chairman Richard Garric felt
both the administration and
negotiating team were mis­informed.
When they heard the
new terms, Wegner and others
called other colleges in the
Puget Sound area and found
most averaged from 15 to 18
hours, and one school set the
maximum at 18 hours.
Some teachers wanted the
contract turned down in order
to re-negotiate the work load
bands, but they felt the
Hedlund's method of presenta­tion
of the contract was in­timidating
to many teachers.
The faculty was given the
choice of either accepting the
contract or rejecting it with au­thorization
to the negotiating
team to a call a strike from the
table. Many teachers wanted to
vote on subjects separately.
Science teachers see little
they can do until the contract is
renewed in 1977, but don't
foresee any changes until next
year. Garric has already sub­mitted
class schedules for
Winter and Spring quarters
this year and hours remain at
17. He expects the crunch to
come only if their budget is cut,
causing the layoff of part-time
personnel and putting the
burden on existing full-time
staff.
Green 'JUver Commu.-fty Colle,e 1%401 S.E. JJoth. St. Auburn, Wa. 98Gn
Staff photo by TRACY WATANABE
Gerald Hedlund (foreground), president of the faculty union, and
Dr. Melvin Lindbloom, college president, meet in the board roorr:
to sign the contract agreement ratified last week by the faculty
and by formal Board of Trustees' action Wednesday afternoon.
More funds now
approved for ACAP
By PEGGY WATT
More funding was approved
by the student senate for the
Auburn Christian Action
Program (ACAP) child-care
center at Lea Hill with hopes
that the requ~sts might be less
in the future.
At a special meeting
called to act on the single bill,
the senate appropriated $2100
to ACAP, to be paid in $700
monthly payments in advance,
convering only Winter Quarter.
Action on the bill was post­poned
at the · meeting so
the senate budget committee
could meet and make a
recommendation on the mot­ion,
which was first presented
to the senate Nov. 5.
At the special meeting, the
bill was amended from its
original form requesting $3500,
to fund ACAP the entire year.
Also added was a provision that
the senate decide on further
ACAP funding before registra­tion
begins for Spring Quarter.
This was added largely by re­quest
of a group of Green River
students whose children
attended ACAP, sitting in on
the meeting. The mothers were
only occasionally called on by
the senate to comment.
The ACAP board went before
United Way last week, to re­quest
increased funding for
1976. The first ACAP center, at
White River Presbyterian
Church in Auburn, is already
funded by United Way; the Lea
Hill center had to be in opera­tion
for one year before funding
would be considered by United
Way. "We have to prove
ourselves for awhile," said
Ellen Kropp, ACAP director.
Last year, she said, United
Way wanted evidence of a
strong student commitment,
since all but two of the 37
children attending Lea Hills
ACAP are children of GR
Students.
The senate's day care com­mittee
is headed by Freshman
Senator Claudine Layer, whose
child attends ACAP. Layer
commented that she thought
ACAP would be satisfied for
now with the senate's latest
appropriate funding
appropriation. Day Committee
meetings are Tuesdays at
noon.
When the Lea Hills center
started last January, the
senate helped fund it and has
continued appropriations. Last
year's senate approved in May
a resolution requesting the 75-
76 senate to continue "com­mittment
to the long-range
development and operation"
for the center, as a "a quality
child-care facility" which
''promotes the open-door poli­cy
of equal opportunity to
education" and also "provides
a valuable educational
experience for work-study
students."